Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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